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The Nailers spilt a pair of games with the Brampton beast last weekend, winning 6-5 and losing 5-4. Kenny Ryan recorded four goals and an assist over the two games, while Sean Maguire stopped 78 total shots in net.

On Wednesday, former Penguin Reid Gardiner was named the ECHL Rookie of the Month. The 21-year-old had five goals and eight points in six games with the team. He is the seventh Nailer to receive the honor, with the last being Cody Wydo in March 2016.

The team also made a pair of trades, sending forward Daniel Leavens to Allen in exchange for defenseman Jaynen Rissling and receiving future considerations for defenseman Benjamin Dieude-Fauvel.

2017-17 record (through Thursday): 4-1-1, 9 points, first in North Division

Stats to know

■ Jean-Sebastien Dea appeared in his 200th game with the Penguins last Saturday against Bridgeport. He is the 29th player in team history to reach that milestone.

■ As of Thursday, the Penguins have picked up only one fighting major through their first eight games. Tom Sestito tangled with Lehigh Valley’s T.J. Brennan on Oct. 13.

■ Daniel Sprong is scoreless over his last three games, but it hasn’t been for lack of effort. The forward has 11 shots in that span and is tied for third in the AHL with 35 this season.

Did you know?

The Penguins went 6-2 in October. Over the last three seasons, the team has gone a combined 18-4-0-1 during the first month of the schedule.

Quote unquote

“It’s hard on our guys because they have to be mentally tough day in and day out, game after game, shift after shift, period after period. If not, our division is too hard. Teams are gonna beat us, and not just beat us — they’re going to want to beat us bad.” — Penguins head coach Clark Donatelli on playing in the Atlantic Division, which had three teams tied for first place entering the weekend.

— TYLER PICCOTTI

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